Triple

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Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Peter Tolan E209465 entity
Predicate familyName P18 FINISHED
Object Tolan
Tolan is a surname most notably associated with American television producer, writer, and director Peter Tolan.
 E759248 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: Tolan | Statement: [Peter Tolan, familyName, Tolan]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tolan
Context triple: [Peter Tolan, familyName, Tolan]
  • A. Toland
    Toland is a surname most notably associated with Gregg Toland, the pioneering American cinematographer renowned for his innovative deep-focus techniques in films like "Citizen Kane."
  • B. Tilghman
    Tilghman is a masculine given name of English origin that has been borne by various notable American figures, including politicians and military officers.
  • C. Toles
    Toles is the surname of American political cartoonist Tom Toles, known for his sharp, liberal-leaning editorial cartoons.
  • D. Corbitt
    Corbitt is a variant spelling of the surname Corbett, which is of English and Scottish origin.
  • E. Qualley
    Qualley is the surname of an American family best known for actress and model Margaret Qualley and her mother, actress Andie MacDowell.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: Tolan
Triple: [Peter Tolan, familyName, Tolan]
Generated description
Tolan is a surname most notably associated with American television producer, writer, and director Peter Tolan.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07 
Target entity: Tolan
Target entity description: Tolan is a surname most notably associated with American television producer, writer, and director Peter Tolan.
  • A. Toland
    Toland is a surname most notably associated with Gregg Toland, the pioneering American cinematographer renowned for his innovative deep-focus techniques in films like "Citizen Kane."
  • B. Tilghman
    Tilghman is a masculine given name of English origin that has been borne by various notable American figures, including politicians and military officers.
  • C. Toles
    Toles is the surname of American political cartoonist Tom Toles, known for his sharp, liberal-leaning editorial cartoons.
  • D. Corbitt
    Corbitt is a variant spelling of the surname Corbett, which is of English and Scottish origin.
  • E. Qualley
    Qualley is the surname of an American family best known for actress and model Margaret Qualley and her mother, actress Andie MacDowell.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69ca836320e48190b5cf585b90a322c4 completed March 30, 2026, 2:06 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69cc5fbb5b108190a9f889d40aa20521 completed March 31, 2026, 11:58 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69cf6f840d9c8190a88a61104969b0e5 completed April 3, 2026, 7:43 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69cf708dbd54819099efa4b5729d6298 completed April 3, 2026, 7:47 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69cf7163e2088190bf252896cc4036b2 completed April 3, 2026, 7:51 a.m.
Created at: March 30, 2026, 6:44 p.m.